See...it's already going away....

http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/25/news/companies/ryan-lochte-endorsement-pine-bros/index.html?sr=twCNN082516ryan-lochte-endorsement-pine-bros0825PMVODtopLink&linkId=28059603

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't go if I were him....no way. What would be the point.

It would be good for his name, in the international community. He would need to be prepared to pay $50k at a minimum, probably significantly more. Financially, having lost all those sponsors, he may not be able to afford returning, literally.

Oh please....good for his name?

This is a smaller blip than Phelps' DUI was.

Any reasonable person would think he was nuts if he went back there.

Anonymous wrote:The U.S. is not going to extradite for pee pee and paper.

Yep.

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't go if I were him....no way. What would be the point.

It would be good for his name, in the international community. He would need to be prepared to pay $50k at a minimum, probably significantly more. Financially, having lost all those sponsors, he may not be able to afford returning, literally.

The U.S. is not going to extradite for pee pee and paper.

I wouldn't go if I were him....no way. What would be the point.

Lochte has been summoned to appear in Rio:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/25/police-summon-ryan-lochte-rio-olympics-robbery/89348730/

Will he have the cojones to appear?

No charges have been announced against Lochte and police are expected to conclude their investigation this week, the network reported. The result of the case --- including any charges --- would be funneled through U.S. federal authorities, leaving open the possibility that Brazil could ask Lochte to be extradited if charges are filed.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/25/police-summon-ryan-lochte-rio-olympics-robbery/89348730/

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The apologists for Lochte are just pathetic. They ignore facts, make disparaging remarks about a host country and are the personification of American arrogance.

Ryan Lochte is everything the world hates about Americans

Ryan Lochte — Ugly American with a truly ugly hairstyle — did it.

It hasn’t been easy being Lochte, who has had to spend his athletic prime competing in Phelps’ considerable shadow, who always has been The Other Guy, who always has had to resort to his inherent goofiness to stand out because even his impressive haul of 12 Olympic medals — six of them gold, including one in the 4×200 freestyle relay last week — looks like a pauper’s pile next to Phelps’. But it hasn’t exactly been hard; he’s dabbled in show business and reality TV, he dates a Playboy model, he’s made millions outside of the pool.

And if what the authorities say happened actually happened: a brawl with a rent-a-cop, a busted door, a little drunk-and-disorderly — did he really think that was going to hurt his reputation? That’s Whitey Bulger fretting over a jaywalking ticket. It’s ridiculous.

No, instead he cried wolf and was called on it, and that will be his burden to bear for a good long while — but not his alone. The Ugly American is alive and well in 2016 thanks to this dope. Thanks for that, Ryan. Now don’t let the bathroom door hit you on the ass on your way to Palookaville.


http://nypost.com/2016/08/18/ryan-lochte-is-everything-the-world-hates-about-americans/

That's not what happened though.

Besides that, I'm not convinced that calling someone holding a gun on you and demanding the contents of your wallet a robbery is much of an embellishment.

Yup. The America haters on this thread won't give up on the ugly American narrative.

The real news is actually how corrupt Brazil is.

So very proud of all those who won medals and especially the magnificent Americans who won the medals in swimming. Lochte ruined it for them with his idiotic behavior and for that he should be banned from competitive swimming for at least five years.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The apologists for Lochte are just pathetic. They ignore facts, make disparaging remarks about a host country and are the personification of American arrogance.

Ryan Lochte is everything the world hates about Americans

Ryan Lochte — Ugly American with a truly ugly hairstyle — did it.

It hasn’t been easy being Lochte, who has had to spend his athletic prime competing in Phelps’ considerable shadow, who always has been The Other Guy, who always has had to resort to his inherent goofiness to stand out because even his impressive haul of 12 Olympic medals — six of them gold, including one in the 4×200 freestyle relay last week — looks like a pauper’s pile next to Phelps’. But it hasn’t exactly been hard; he’s dabbled in show business and reality TV, he dates a Playboy model, he’s made millions outside of the pool.

And if what the authorities say happened actually happened: a brawl with a rent-a-cop, a busted door, a little drunk-and-disorderly — did he really think that was going to hurt his reputation? That’s Whitey Bulger fretting over a jaywalking ticket. It’s ridiculous.

No, instead he cried wolf and was called on it, and that will be his burden to bear for a good long while — but not his alone. The Ugly American is alive and well in 2016 thanks to this dope. Thanks for that, Ryan. Now don’t let the bathroom door hit you on the ass on your way to Palookaville.


http://nypost.com/2016/08/18/ryan-lochte-is-everything-the-world-hates-about-americans/

That's not what happened though.

Besides that, I'm not convinced that calling someone holding a gun on you and demanding the contents of your wallet a robbery is much of an embellishment.

Yup. The America haters on this thread won't give up on the ugly American narrative.

The real news is actually how corrupt Brazil is.

Anonymous wrote:The apologists for Lochte are just pathetic. They ignore facts, make disparaging remarks about a host country and are the personification of American arrogance.

Ryan Lochte is everything the world hates about Americans

Ryan Lochte — Ugly American with a truly ugly hairstyle — did it.

It hasn’t been easy being Lochte, who has had to spend his athletic prime competing in Phelps’ considerable shadow, who always has been The Other Guy, who always has had to resort to his inherent goofiness to stand out because even his impressive haul of 12 Olympic medals — six of them gold, including one in the 4×200 freestyle relay last week — looks like a pauper’s pile next to Phelps’. But it hasn’t exactly been hard; he’s dabbled in show business and reality TV, he dates a Playboy model, he’s made millions outside of the pool.

And if what the authorities say happened actually happened: a brawl with a rent-a-cop, a busted door, a little drunk-and-disorderly — did he really think that was going to hurt his reputation? That’s Whitey Bulger fretting over a jaywalking ticket. It’s ridiculous.

No, instead he cried wolf and was called on it, and that will be his burden to bear for a good long while — but not his alone. The Ugly American is alive and well in 2016 thanks to this dope. Thanks for that, Ryan. Now don’t let the bathroom door hit you on the ass on your way to Palookaville.


http://nypost.com/2016/08/18/ryan-lochte-is-everything-the-world-hates-about-americans/

Well gosh! If the NYPOST says so....

Anonymous wrote:White Privilege: http://www.espn.com/olympics/swimming/story/_/id/17384513/ryan-lochte-possibility-next-season-dancing-stars

I bet they are in talks with Hope Solo right now, too.

Nooooo...I was so looking forward to next season. I hope he goes early.

Anonymous wrote:White Privilege: http://www.espn.com/olympics/swimming/story/_/id/17384513/ryan-lochte-possibility-next-season-dancing-stars

Ryan: "I'm going to be on Deewits next season."

No Ryan, it's "DWTS."

Lochte deserves a medal for bravery in taking on the Brazilian security guards who held a cocked gun to his head.

Lochte did not flinch and was willing to give up his life to defend the honor of the US!

Anonymous wrote:The apologists for Lochte are just pathetic. They ignore facts, make disparaging remarks about a host country and are the personification of American arrogance.

Ryan Lochte is everything the world hates about Americans

Ryan Lochte — Ugly American with a truly ugly hairstyle — did it.

It hasn’t been easy being Lochte, who has had to spend his athletic prime competing in Phelps’ considerable shadow, who always has been The Other Guy, who always has had to resort to his inherent goofiness to stand out because even his impressive haul of 12 Olympic medals — six of them gold, including one in the 4×200 freestyle relay last week — looks like a pauper’s pile next to Phelps’. But it hasn’t exactly been hard; he’s dabbled in show business and reality TV, he dates a Playboy model, he’s made millions outside of the pool.

And if what the authorities say happened actually happened: a brawl with a rent-a-cop, a busted door, a little drunk-and-disorderly — did he really think that was going to hurt his reputation? That’s Whitey Bulger fretting over a jaywalking ticket. It’s ridiculous.

No, instead he cried wolf and was called on it, and that will be his burden to bear for a good long while — but not his alone. The Ugly American is alive and well in 2016 thanks to this dope. Thanks for that, Ryan. Now don’t let the bathroom door hit you on the ass on your way to Palookaville.


http://nypost.com/2016/08/18/ryan-lochte-is-everything-the-world-hates-about-americans/

That's not what happened though.

Besides that, I'm not convinced that calling someone holding a gun on you and demanding the contents of your wallet a robbery is much of an embellishment.

Ummm....it's been proven now that what the authorities say happened DIDN'T happen.

He peed in public and pulled down a poster and embellished a ridiculous story afterward.

Everyone is making such a federal case about such a forgettable story.